Tesker
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Tesker or Tasker is a village and rural commune in Niger. As of 2012, it had a population of 37,132 people. It is the birthplace of musician Mamane Barka (b. 1958). The sparsely populated commune extends over a wide area and spans two major regions: the Sahel region in the south and the Sahara desert in the north. In the northeast, it rises up to a height of at the Termit Massif. It is bordered by Fachi and Tabelot in the north, N'Gourti to the east, Alakoss, Kellé and N'Guelbély to the south and Tenhya to the west. The municipality is divided into 36 administrative villages, one traditional v
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tesker
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Commune and village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Termit1.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Niger
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Niger
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Zinder
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gouré
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 69,278
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2012 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 37,132
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone
- WAT
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Niger
- Country
- Niger
- Continent
- Africa
- Population
- 37132
- Elevation
- 454
- Time zone
- West Africa Time
- Image
- Termit1.jpg
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- Tesker
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Economy and infrastructure
- References
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tesker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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